Indian capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has started a comprehensive review of the rules related to Portfolio Management Services i.e. PMS. SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey made this announcement at an industry conference on Monday. He said that the consultation paper on the proposed changes can be released by June,…
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has proposed easing reporting norms for stockbrokers, extending key exemptions to those that double up as primary dealers in a bid to improve ease of doing business. In a consultation paper issued on Friday, the markets regulator has sought to relax certain requirements around naming, tagging, and…
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has proposed sweeping changes to India’s Social Stock Exchange framework, including sharply lowering the minimum investment in social impact funds (SIFs) and easing fund-raising norms for not-for-profit organizations (NPOs) with an aim to broaden participation and improve capital access. In a consultation paper issued on Monday, the…
MUMBAI: India’s market regulator is considering extending automatic withdrawal and transfer facilities to mutual fund investors who hold their units in demat form, a move that would bridge a long-standing operational gap between demat and non-demat holdings. In a consultation paper issued on Thursday, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) sought public comments…
India’s market regulator has proposed targeted regulatory changes for real estate and infrastructure investment trusts, seeking to ease cash deployment, borrowing flexibility, and post-concession asset handling while retaining existing investor protection norms. In a consultation paper issued on Thursday, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has proposed allowing InvITs to continue holding special…
MUMBAI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has proposed easing risk-management regulations for clearing corporations in the commodity derivatives market after feedback that some existing safeguards may be more stringent than necessary and could be overstating risk. In a consultation paper issued on Thursday, the regulator suggested revisiting rules governing the Settlement Guarantee…
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is planning a revamp of its ‘fit and proper’ framework for market intermediaries as some of the rules may be too rigid and risk penalizing individuals and firms before wrongdoing is established. In a consultation paper issued on Wednesday, the markets regulator said experience gained from enforcing…
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is proposing to revamp know-your-customer (KYC) norms to ease client onboarding, revise the existing risk management framework for KYC registration agencies (KRAs), and align practices with current technological advancements. In a consultation paper released on Friday, the capital markets regulator recommended that intermediaries update client KYC records…
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is proposing a major overhaul of trading rules that could reshape how Indian markets are regulated. The focus is on simplifying long-standing regulations and shifting more day-to-day supervision to stock exchanges. In a consultation paper released on Friday, Sebi proposed merging existing trading norms into a single…
This speculative risk is most visible in dabba trading—an illegal, parallel market where operators use live exchange prices as a benchmark to settle off-market bets without actually executing any trades on the exchange. Akshaya Bhansali, managing partner at Mindspright Legal, said, “Dabba traders have their own stock-market-like software and trading happens live, based on data…
